Assuming my wild guess didn't work...Did they still print information about births, deaths, etc? Did they still print information about the actual marriages? Was this at the suggestion of the editor? Another employee? Readers? Or did they continue printing them on a different page?

Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 4:05 pm: Were there no more engagements?no

Assuming my wild guess didn't work...Did they still print information about births, deaths, etc?yes Did they still print information about the actual marriages? yes Was this at the suggestion of the editor? irrel Another employee? dittoReaders? dittoOr did they continue printing them on a different page? no

Is it relevant where Kittridge is? US? specific state? Is it relevant when this happened? 21st century? 20th? 19th? earlier (did they have newspapers earlier than that?) Did the law change? relevant? Are gay marriages relevant? Is there any particular engagement that they had printed at some point in the past which is relevant?

Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 1:53 am: Is it relevant where Kittridge is? yes US? possibly specific state? no Is it relevant when this happened? yes 21st century? possibly 20th? possibly 19th? earlier no(did they have newspapers earlier than that?) I think so. Like Sam Cooke, I don't know much about history, but I think I recall something about John Peter Zenger & the (American) Revolutionary periodDid the law change?no relevant? yesAre gay marriages relevant? yesIs there any particular engagement that they had printed at some point in the past which is relevant? no

was this a decision made by the newspaper? did someone else force them to stop or censor them? were they all real engagements happening between two persons? more than two? did they only involve adults? did they all happen in or around Kittridge? did other newspapers in or around Kittridge continue to publish engagements? would you find the same engagements published in other newpapers?

Concerning old newspapers, there is a newspaper called "Post och inrikes tidningar" (Swedish) that has been published since 1645.

Are (were) they legally required to print engagement announcements? (as to prevent bad guys from promising marriage to more than one poor country girl) Or, the other way round, became it forbidden to print these announcements? Do (did) they get the information about engagements from the engaged couple? from their friends or relatives? from some sort of official institution? Was it the editor's own decision to stop printing these announcements? Do they still get requests to print engagement announcements? Did they once mess up an annoucement? so people Was there a significant portion of engagement announcements published without knowledge of the engaged couple? without their permission? or false announcements? (submitted to the newspaper as a prank, maybe) Was the reason simply to protect the engaged couples privacy? Were there some restrictions to form and layout of the engagement announcement? Did they find that an announcement would not look decent in case of a same-sex engagement, so they decided to stop it at all? any anti-discrimination law relevant? with the effect that if they print announcements for heterosexual engagements they also will have to print them for gay engagements?

Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 9:45 am: Are (were) they legally required to print engagement announcements? no (as to prevent bad guys from promising marriage to more than one poor country girl) Or, the other way round, became it forbidden to print these announcements? noDo (did) they get the information about engagements from the engaged couple? irrel from their friends or relatives? irrelfrom some sort of official institution? irrelWas it the editor's own decision to stop printing these announcements? yesDo they still get requests to print engagement announcements? yesDid they once mess up an annoucement? no so people Was there a significant portion of engagement announcements published without knowledge of the engaged couple? no without their permission? noor false announcements? no (submitted to the newspaper as a prank, maybe) Was the reason simply to protect the engaged couples privacy? noWere there some restrictions to form and layout of the engagement announcement? noDid they find that an announcement would not look decent in case of a same-sex engagement, so they decided to stop it at all? noany anti-discrimination law relevant? no with the effect that if they print announcements for heterosexual engagements they also will have to print them for gay engagements? noOstap (Ostap) New member Username: Ostap

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Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 9:48 am: Is gay marriage possible in Kittridge? no gay engagements? noDid the fact that the law did not change create a problem? yesish

Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 12:24 am: was this a decision made by the newspaper? yes did someone else force them to stop or censor them no. America has plenty of flaws, but newspaper censorship does not seem to be among themwere they all real engagements happening between two persons? yes more than two? nodid they only involve adults? yes--or at least people old enough to marry in that statedid they all happen in or around Kittridge? yes---or in whatever area for which they prevously published engagements} did other newspapers in or around Kittridge continue to publish engagements? irrelwould you find the same engagements published in other newpapers? ditto

Concerning old newspapers, there is a newspaper called "Post och inrikes tidningar" (Swedish) that has been published since 1645. Wheeeeeee~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~

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Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:49 pm: is this just a word thing? no did they stop printing engagement notices, but started printing a smiliar thing with a different title? no

No problemoIs the newspaper protesting against something? Did people stop sending in engagement announcements to this newspaper? Did the newspaper change publisher? editor? Did this upset the people in the town? Were they happy? Did the newspaper explain why they had stopped doing it?

did they stop printing these announcements to protect themselves from legal action?

were they worried that, if gay couples announced their engagements in the paper then the paper would be accused of a crime? of helping a crime? were they trying to defend gay couples? defend themselves? defend their community?

Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:50 pm: No problemo Is the newspaper protesting against something? noDid people stop sending in engagement announcements to this newspaper? noDid the newspaper change publisher? no editor? noDid this upset the people in the town? possibly Were they happy? possiblyDid the newspaper explain why they had stopped doing it? possiblyKdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc

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Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 3:39 pm: did they stop printing these announcements to protect themselves from legal action? no

were they worried that, if gay couples announced their engagements in the paper then the paper would be accused of a crime? no of helping a crime? no were they trying to defend gay couples? yope defend themselves? possibly defend their community? no

Does it matter if Kittridge is a small or big town? Is there a high degree of social control? Did anything happen to any gay couples before this happened, such as protests, open hostility, murder, harassement? If so, is it possible that this will happen to one or more gay couple that are announcing their engagements in this paper? Did it already happen? Would stopping the announcements of gay engagements be considered a political stand of the newspaper or the editor? Is the editor trying to avoid politics by stopping the announcements all together?

Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 10:38 am: Does it matter if Kittridge is a small or big town? no Is there a high degree of social control? irrelDid anything happen to any gay couples before this happened, such as protests, open hostility, murder, harassement?irrel, except for the usual background discrimination If so, is it possible that this will happen to one or more gay couple that are announcing their engagements in this paper? irrel Did it already happen? irrelWould stopping the announcements of gay engagements be considered a political stand of the newspaper or the editor? possibly but not necessarily Is the editor trying to avoid politics by stopping the announcements all together?yesish Well, I think I'm going to declare a********* SPOILER ************ The New York Times supposedly stopped printing engagement announcements in order to dodge the issue of whether to print announcements of gay commitment ceremonies. They decided they would print ONLY marriage announcements. Eventually, gays were able to marry in some places, such as Canada & the state of Massachusetts. The NYT printed those wedding announcements & started printing announcements of gay commitment ceremonies (even in the absence of a legal marriage) as well. But they never went back to printing engagement announcements. Sorry the puzzle was so easy. A new, harder one awaits you. Guess where!!